Obama just doesn’t like to be questioned …
By SusanUnPC on August 6, 2008 at 11:40 AM in Barack Obama, Energy Policy, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Obama's Media Censorship, Obamedia
Here’s another classic find by one of our readers, “Obama Doesn’t Really Like a Debate” that ties in perfectly with PatRacimora’s cartoon and commentary this morning. Thanks, TM. [STAY TUNED for a great post by Larry Johnson on Obama's thuggery in his treatment of the press. I added a new Category today to capture what is going on: "Obama's Media Censorship." Barack Obama is anti-First Amendment. What a position for a supposed assistant aka very, very part-time professor of lecturer in constitutional law.]
“Look what he pulled on the press who dared to ask him a question. Is this a new tactic…to accuse the press of working for McCain? Wow, finally a reporter doing [his] job. …”
RALSTON: I guess what the American people want to know though Senator, is what is the real difference between you and John McCain. You are running this ad tying him to the industry saying that he has taken all of these contributions, but as you well know there is a story out today about how you supported the Dick Cheney bill and [McCain] opposed it. That bill gave subsidies to the oil and gas companies, John McCain opposed the bill saying those are tax breaks for those companies, Barack Obama favored it.
SEN. OBAMA: Hold on a second Jon, I thought I was talking to you instead of debating John McCain, but I am happy to let you serve as his proxy.
Holy mother.
“Serve as his proxy”? Time was, reporters were paid to ask candidates tough questions. Ralston’s question is entirely legitimate, especially since Obama and the Democrats made Cheney’s energy policy a campaign issue in the first place. If Obama dislikes it so much, why did he vote for it — and why blame it on the one candidate in the race that actually voted against it?
In the rest of the interview, Ralston presses Obama on his policy reversals and asks him how voters can trust him not to shift again for political reasons.
Read the full story.
UPDATE: SEE Memeorandum.com for more blog coverage of this story.
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Yep, he jumps on the reporters and this is not the first. I bet his minions later threaten them with no access and other perks.
Well, he is the president, after all. Oh wait, no he’s not.
MORE BIASED COVERAGE OF POLITICAL SEX SCANDELS IN THE MEDIA. WHEN WILL REPORTING BECOME TRULY FAIR AND BALANCED?
READ THIS:
http://hillaryloyalistnowformccain.com/ … vered.aspx
Yeah. “No room on the plane for you.”
Won’t be long before the official “presidential” airplane is EMPTY - all journalists having been thrown under the bus.
Not to worry, it’s been such a hardship for “The Messiah” to have given his precious time and accommodation on his special plane to the hoi polloi for all these many months anyway.
The riffraff should never have been allowed anywhere near “The One,” after all…
Josh Marshall or whoever needs to note this guy down on his Enemy’s List. He’ll get his.
The reporter may as well serve as McCain’s proxy since Senator Prom Queen won’t face Mac in a debate.
So it is OK to shoot the messenger according to the messiah?
Wonder if that light shinning down on his head giving the “halo effect” was on purpose? Some of his cult will swear that it is a divine sign….
No need to wonder. The halo effect WAS on purpose.
Firefly — the man should never smile. He looks like a goof ball with that big mouth.
No he looks like Howdy Doody. Who remembers him?
what a friggin azzhole!
wow,
yet another deep policy discussion!
Whaaaa!
Obama treated a reporter just like Bill Clinton, McCain, Hillary, and every other politician from time immemorial1
Whaaaaa!
Did Larry get a haircut yet?
Hillary on O’Reilly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJbyWBkf-t4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnQjV4sovE
If your guy can pull this off without jumping on the reporter on peripheral things like the quality of the question but answer the question, I might consider voting for him. That Ralston was brilliant! Your guy, not so much.. at least not enough to get votes to elect him.
Surprise, surprise. Obama voted with big oil, then said he was really against it. What can we expect from the candidate who treats big supporters to meals and remembers their kids’ birthdays? What have you average folks done for Obama lately?
If you listen to the answer you’ll hear that Sen Obama voted for the energy bill because it included several energy proposals that he wanted to have passed. It’s called compromise.
Oh yeah, right. Oh my God. You’re funny. See Obamabits do have a sense of humour. Hahahahahah!
Okay, he’s willing to compromise. That makes him different from any other politician, how?
After all, a certain Senator from NY was vilified for her ability to seek compromise with Republicans. That somehow proved that she was a ‘closet Republican’ all along.
Where’s the change? He’s operating like any other DC politician. Which he and his supporters claimed he would not and does not do.
This is laughable. Look at the Bush/Cheney bill and you will see that it is a big tax subsidy for big oil and nuclear. There is very, very little on the “energy proposals Obama supposedly voted for” and it is called lying to say that is why you voted for such a bill.
This is amazing the lengths that Obama followers twist themselves in knots to justify their master and his flip flops, back tracks, both ways on the issues and outright lies.
Sen Obama had opportunities going back to the Il Senate and the US Senate to fight against Yucca..yet he was absent & took no action.
Hillary has been consistent..all the way back to 2002 to voting against Yucca. She was a leader.
Hillary is the true progressive
Obama is the true BSer
What a wonder! He gives up without a fight.
Especially if there’s the specter of falling poll numbers hinted at in the fickle breeze.
Actually it is called doing what your paid to do.
Why the hell do you think the oil companys gave him money.
He is bought and paid for just like a 50 cent hooker.
He just lies about it all the time.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS AND BUBBAS RULE
Doro I guess Obama needs that big mouth so he can speak out of both sides of it.
Pelosi gave her OK for the rest of the Dems to do it.
OB is not the only one bamboozling us.
The rank and file in her(Pelosi) party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices. Behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12304.html
I am sooo sick of the self-serving, money hungry politicians. Vote them all out.
PUMA
He didn’t answer the question. He voted for the bill.
Instead of admitting that and explaining why he did it he accused the reporter of supporting McCain.
Oh yeah that’s somehow every other politicians fault.
But I thought Obama wasn’t like the other politicians? I thought his way was the “new” way?
Now if he behaves like another other politician it’s okay?
Okie dokie.
That should be “any other politician”.
Obama talks about that energy bill like he opposed it, too. That’s the craziest part. And he gets that old time religion preacher tone when he speaks. It is what my husband and I call the William Shatner School of Mel-loww Dra-Mahhh. I would love to see an Obama spoof of Choom Gang Obama Sparking a Doobie as he covers Rocket Man and explains why he will cut the space program. Anyway…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR-i4JLvxbI
Obama Being Crazy and Pretending He Voted Against the 2005 Energy Bill
you’re giving “doobies” a bad name
He sure sucked up to Nevada here, too. I lived there for a year, and there’s already plenty of windmills along the drive through Barstow to Bakersfield. They have Hoover Dam, too. Nevada already has alternative energy to the extent it’s possible now.
candymarl — Obama sounds more like Bush everyday.
I seriously think my brain stops functioning when Obama talks now- all I hear is gobbledygook.
I’m glad you said that, I thought it was just me! He talks in circles and rarely makes his point. His words are like spam, my brain starts to just dump them!
That was how I felt about John Kerry, too. He can talk for an hour and never say a thing. You forget what it was they were talking about anyway, so what the heck.
He talks just like my nephew when he is high on heroin.
You too? Seriously, I was playing that clip and then opened another tab about a minute in and went on with my internetting. I really cannot keep interested in him at all. He was still talking but my brain sorta shut him out.
JML I really do try to listen but my brain tunes him out because he makes no sense.
We are in for change — what kind of change God only knows. NO THANKS
OH THANK GOD I THOUHGHT IT WAS JUST ME…
roseeriter, If I was Charlie Brown he sounds like the “waw waw wa” of the teacher talking.
At this point BO is nothing BUT predictable.
The igit makes a Rolex jealous.
Barack Hussein Obama is so self-absorbed, he just cannot believe anybody would question him.
That is why I really think he has NPD. It’s a classic sign.
Yes, yes, yes I totally agree he seems appalled that anyone would question him? He reacts like a woman (school marm) instead of a hetero male.
it’s embarrassing coming from someone that’s supposed to be “the ONE”
the ball-less
Why would one question King of the World???
Oh, oops. I forgot! There is no King of the World except in Obama’s deranged mind.
Obama-Legend in his own mind. (nightmare in my mind)
New election year terminology add-NIMM
“King of the World”, that’s probably next on his agenda. He seems to consider politics like a game. He likes running for an office and winning, but when he gets there he wants to move on to the next contest. Well, there isn’t much left after president of the US. “King of the World” may be the next step.
A new poll came out which states that 48% of people are tired of seeing Obama’s face. Arrogant people like him just don’t get that though. They think we need to see him 24/7. I feel like we already had an Obama failed Presidency and are ready for something new.
To paraphrase Shakespeare…chuckle….in american slang…
” Will Noone Rid Us Of This Lyin Sack O’ Shit ?…..”
Good Post Susan….Obama using typical FASCIST Behavior….I’m not surprised….
[...] No Quarter has the whole thing covered…. [...]
That’s right. Obama’s contempt for those ‘beneath him’ shows; including to those reporters who dare ask a question he doesn’t find suitable. His attitude surely won’t sway undecided voters in his favor.
Then you should endorse John McCain and get four more years of the same.
He voted for Cheney’s energy bill. Might kinda signal we’d get four more years of the same with Obama too. McCain voted against the bill.
Let’s not forget FISA.
Obama’s reversals on off-shore drilling and gun control.
But let’s not talk about that.
Hmm, who went republican with Telco immunity in the FISA bill? Who wants to limit late term abortion? Who decided that keeping U S troops in Iraq is a good thing? Who want to allow his Wall Street cronies to get their hands on your Social Security account?
Who came out of the gate with 112 million? I sensed this long ago.
No, we want Hillary back while there is still a chance. We want a winner.
you mean whinner
Are you sure your comment isn’t racist? I think whiner is a code word for racism.
Is that a phallic symbol I see?
Alert the media!
ROFLOL!!
I think this troll is dissing horses. It’s a new _ism.
I always get a kick out of smartypants who can’t spell “whine” as opposed to “wine” and “win.” Like some women say they want to be “whined and dined,” and others are accused of “whining” when they’re really “winning.”
Word. HILLARY ‘08!
Judging by the money Princess Obama gets from the financial community, social security privatization is a distinct possibility. THAT would be four more years of Bush.
Obama’s economic adviser Jason Furman is in favor of privatizing social security. It sure sounds like the tax hike on investments - but wait! if you make less than 50K by the time Obama’s done with you, you don’t pay taxes (just like now.) Sounds like a ponzi scheme to me, and it’s in line with other policies of Obama’s.
His advisor Jeffrey Liebman does too, (Liebman-MacGuineas-Samwick bill)
http//www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7041/02-08-LMS_Proposal.pdf
Obama could vever get my vote, and I ALWAYS VOTE. The DEMS stole my vote and gave it to Obama, the DEMS don’t believe in DEMOCRACY or the value of the vote, they just FIXED the process to get THEIR DESIRED RESULT. I voted STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN yesterday in the Michiganistan Primary, will do the same in Nov.
patricia — only Obama could make me leave the Democratic Party after 44 years — he could harness that hot air and power Cleveland.
Yes, see, that’s just an Obama talking point: equating McCain with Bush. Yes they overlap a lot, but actually McCain is very distinct from Bush in his approach and in the policies he’s fought for over the years. It doesn’t help Obama’s cause much to make untrue accusations.
He’s such a tool.
There is an excellent short commentary by Jennifer Rubin on this worth reading:
“THOU SHALL NOT CHALLENGE”
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/19451
This is an interesting paragraph of it:
(Emphasis mine)
well he meant to vote Present on dick Cheney’s energy bill but hit the wrong button. Just like he has been hitting the wrong button with real Democrats.
Hilarious!
Susan, princess Obama need not answer any question and it is getting him into trouble more and more. Obama’s campaign has created a very positive image of him with more than full support from the media. Still, the public is not completely sold on him — because (IMO) there are too many unanswered questions about his bio and not enough evidence in terms of his accomplishments, his record. It is like everybody surrounding him and he himself are telling America, “take our word for it, he is amazing. You don’t worry your pretty little head with all details. ”
This relates to your other blogs on dual citizenship and such. Take a look at the picture below — I think it was Obama’s ‘06 trip to Africa, perhaps campaigning for his cousin Odinga (the speech transcripts are not available, I hear as usual). Historians on the board — have there been other presidents or presidential candidates who were closely related to some other foreign country campaigning for a candidate from that country in their elections? {I have a feeling Article II goes much beyond the citizenship issue. It requires one to have deep roots and unequivocal allegiance in this country — appearance and all for that number one position.}
http://www.canadafreepress.com/images/uploads/obama-family-13.jpeg
This is the old “tighten the cheeks on the seat and ride it out”!
We will need, and get a “proxy” president if the “O” makes it into office!
He blahs and hums until everyone decides to give up on an answer…UNLIKE the legitimate candidate, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON!!!!
Obama needs to forget the Presidency. Next stop: Anger Management Classes.
Obama does seem angry all the time. Passive agressive too.
Yes and you know why?
Because his white side is locked in a life-or-death struggle with his black side. They obviously hate each other, which is why he can’t celebrate — or even recognize — the rather large amount of racial harmony we actually enjoy in this country nor the accomplishments his predecessors in the black (and white) communities have made. He has to pick at it and open old wounds because his personal wounds are raw.
Yes! It’s just like that old Star Trek episode (how did that work out, anyway?)of the mirror twins who were black and white.
Seriously, it is obvious he hates the white part, just a few pages of his “Dreams” book is enough to get that. But then his story about his dad being like a king, and him the prince, I suspect he really did construct that in his childhood and then discovered the truth–what a comedown. Seems it would make him very cynical about his black side/black people too.
Course, he’s still got the Arab ancestors.
Obama is a bozo. A very, thin-skinned bozo. What a wuss!
Bozo was a liar(he recently passsed away). When I was small I was in the audience of his T.V. Show with my sister and cousin. He promised both my sister and me a Kissy Doll. We never got them.
sorry
It’s funny the things you remember for more than 40 years.
What was all the laugh about? Was he a bit high?
andy — while he tries to shut Jon Ralston up. See him smile — course his eyes are swollen and he looks 20 years older but smile he does in his demented way that doesn’t make him look convivial. You can see that he’s thinking you reporters are boobs who will have to be destroyed when I get to the big White House.
He looks like Alfred E. Neumann.
LOL..true..he has the ears for suuuuurrre
Now Obama is warming up to Nuclear Energy. Typical OBama. Move to what is right and justify the new position by claiming he needs to learn more about it. He is a spineless weasel and the McCain campaign has tapped into the core of Obama. His weaknesses, and faults are going to trip him up. Obama has had one position that he has not changed since June and that is his opposition to the Iraq War. That was easy at the time since he wasn’t running for office.
rickrickrick — I think The Obama Campaign reads No Quarter because they have taken our comments and made these brilliant ads. Thank you McCain.
This answers many questions.
The infamous Dick Cheney pushed Energy Bill? AGAIN, Obama voted FOR THESE MAJOR CORPORATE SPECIAL INTEREST GIVEAWAYS. Hillary Clinton, AGAIN, OPPOSED IT, but so did John McCain.
Senate 213 29-Jul Agreed to Conference Report H. R. 6; Energy Policy Act of 2005
Vote Counts: YEAs 74
NAYs 26
Obama (D-IL), Yea
Clinton (D-NY), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
And the media is complicit, aiding in covering up facts and important truths to the public interest, because they see Barry benefiting and aiding them, ie control the internet so the networks stop losing to free press and democracy on the internets. Ask why Obama switched on FISA, too?
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00213
Yes - the media is finally getting around to exposing Obama voted for Cheney’s energy bill.
The corporate media rules!
Ah, ah, ah, er, ah, “Hold on a second Jon, I thought I was talking to you instead of debating John McCain, but I am happy to let you serve as his proxy.”
Blah, blah, blah….
“More importantly, I love debating…you…on your show.”
Is this political speak here at the end what all Obama’s fellow Senators like so much about their Chosen One? He must remind them alot of themselves.
The most interesting thing about this segment for me was…if I heard correctly… a little slip of the tongue by Obama when I thought he said, “Deposed” rather than “opposed”.
What could he have on his mind?
McCain should have a Ad about Obama vote on the 2005 DICK CHENEY ENERGY BILL. Obama has a lot of nerve to say McCain is in the pocket of big oil, McCain voted against DICK’S Bill, so did Hillary. Obama did get that $269,900 from the employees of Exelon and it was pay-back time.
hank48118 — It appears that McCain’s campaign reads our comments — Watch for that ad to appear soon.
And the one with a famous movie dimwit reading ‘We are the ones we’ve been waiting for’ and ‘words? just words?’ Now THAT I would love to see.
Hillary is tanned, rested and ready. At least I can infer this from a story a Washington Post reporter did on Bill Clinton’s marathon through Africa on behalf of his foundation. Noting that Clinton is still the same frenetic inexhaustible person, the reporter notes this exchange:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503544_2.html
Oh, and for those who think Bill is a racist, listen to some of the itinerary:
And he makes these trips even though he’s not running for anything.
sniff, sniff, miss him, miss her!
Is that reporter’s name Jon or Matt?? I thought Obama called him by both names… once before he accused him of being Jmac by proxy, then at the end, I thought he said “see ya, Matt” or was that Man?
Obama seemed to be seething though his laughs and smiles. Yeah, he’ll see this reporter again, under his bus…
you people are insane.
this is a fraction of the sort of treatment the current administration gives the press.
Obama is certainly no saint, but he is FAAARRR better than the current admin. I think anyone who criticises obama, but not bush, is a partisan fool!
I think anyone who can’t tell the difference between John McCain and GWB is a “partisan fool.”
Name calling really helps you seem so level headed and clear about issues…
BTW, Obama’s similarities to Bush in the area of dealing with being questioned is a big issue. That is one reason why many consider that Obama would be Bush III.
Uh, yeah and Barky isn’t even the nominee yet, just think how bad the prick would be if he actually managed to win the White House, scary, friggin’ thought.
I wonder if he is also getting messages from God like Bu$h does.
Excerpt from:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/he_is_who_he_is.html
by Tony Blakely
“… the more I watch this man the more stunned I am at His overconfidence and towering pride. I have known a number of great and powerful men (and read biographies of many more), and they surely don’t lack confidence or ego. But who among the great would have answered the question posed to the junior senator from Illinois a few weeks ago as He did? Asked whether He had any doubts, He said “never.”
Is He so foolish as to think He has the world figured out to the last detail, or is He so proud of His intelligence that He cannot confess to ever having any doubt? Either explanation renders His judgment of dubious presidential caliber.
Here is a man who talked almost contemptuously of Gen. Petraeus. Explaining His differences with the general, He said that His “job is to think about the national security interest as a whole; (the generals’) job is just to get their job done (in Iraq).” Of course, right at the moment, the junior senator from Illinois doesn’t yet have “His” job, while Gen.
Petraeus, as confirmed Centcom commander, has direct responsibility for both Afghanistan and Iraq and everything in between and around them. But in the mind of Sen. I Am, He already is, while He thinks the man who is perhaps our greatest general in two generations is just another flunky carrying out routine orders. It is repulsive to see such a mentality in a man who would be president.”
Tony Blankley missed one senario. Perhaps Obama is too insecure to admit he doesn’t know everything. He knows McCain and Hillary forgot more about Foreign Policy than he ever bothered to learn. If there was ever a post graduate course in stuttering however, Obama would receive his Doctorate. Eddie Haskell vs. Harry Truman which would you choose.
Many of us have been criticizing Bush for years.
That does not preclude pointing out Obama’s faults.
Or is that now verboten?
You sir, are a complete moron.
“partisan”
What part of “former Democrats who were shat on by the RBC and DNC fools howard dean and brazille” do you not get?
What part of obama-bush-bot do you not get? What part of “voted for retro FISA with republicans, open to offshore drilling with republicans, voted for cheney’s energy bill” do you NOT GET?!?
What part of “howard dean’s net gurus who helped him build his network signed on to obama’s campaign from the very beginning” (you know, the DNC CHAIRMAN!) do you NOT UNDERSTAND?
My God what a dummy. if just one of obama supporters had an IQ of 100, they’d be doing alright.
Compare Obama to Bush all you want. Fact is, Hillary NEVER treated the press like this. Only one of many reasons she would make a far better leader than the idiots we have on tap.
What does he support? And where is the proof he said anything he claimed to say? I haven’t seen a tape to verify his stories…..and there probably isn’t one. He doesn’t have the cajones to stand in front of the Senate to say anything unless it is for political expediency! He doesn’t stand for anything!
AND you know what they say
If you don’t STAND for ANYTHING
You will FALL for EVERYTHING!!
Maybe some reporter may ask His Highness, the part time constitutional lecturer for an opinion of Article II as related to dual citizenship.
Then a simple follow up question to ask when His Messiahship renounced his Indonesian citizenship.
He wants to “expand nuclear wastes”! Wow, no wonder
GE (NBC and MSNBC) get tingles up its leg. GE counted on Americans trusting a black leader not to lie to them so it could have him sell us on nuclear
power plants, which BTW, are built by GE.
Of course, when it came to Exxelon’s (Bill Ayers’s father’s company) right to dump nuclear waste in his constituent’s water, Obama watered down the bill (and claimed he was in support of it). That was a cover story on the front page of the Sunday NYT before the super Tuesday primaries.
Also, I love the way Obama spouts that he did this and that in the Senate. After one year, rockstar was bored with policy and started on his endless campaign up the ladder.
Meanwhile, back in Obama’s district in Chicago, I have finally heard about what he accomplished for the black Southside (as opposed to wealthy, liberal U. of Chicago Hyde Park and the Rezkos)…fearful to speak,
the bottom line: Obama was in a position to do good, but he did not.
Think about that America! And why is the media selling him like it sold Bush over Gore, Bush over Kerry, and the Iraq War?
I get so sick of his condescending, talk down to everyone attitude! He is DEFENSIVE and says NOTHING to address the question! He says NOTHING and talks in circles! And what he might be trying to say, is JUNK! I work in the oilfield and hearing him speak about technicalities makes me cringe first then laugh! WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT! My dog has more ability to communicate!!! And note the feckless, nervous laugh… This man hasn’t a clue!!!!!!!!!!!
sjc-tx — What the Republicans are good at is defining their Democratic opponent. This time I will watch with admiration as they perform this feat.
Obama is very effective at wiggling his way out of obvious contradictory positions when he’s questioned, mostly because he’s allowed to.
First, he sets a very broad statement as the baseline which “he’s always said from the very beginning”, then he proceeds to blur his ‘new’ position.
But before you can point out the contradiction, he moves on to summarily admonish the questioner for dwelling on the issue in the ‘previous’ context, and proceeds to re-frame the issue in a future context as “what the American people really want to know”, or “what the American people are really interested in”.
When he’s done, the interviewer rarely gets to persist and go back to hold him accountable for his contradictions.
For a guy who has switched his position so many times so blatantly, the press should be collectively ashamed of themselves for not being able to pin him down.
Oh aye… verboten!!! I hear he is stocking up on piano wire…
IMO it’s not that he doesn’t like it, it’s that he must deflect it and he is not quick enough or experienced enough to render a competent volley please recall performance prior to the myth of Obama, his only practiced campaign knife too er card is grievance any kind. Recall the story involving the Emperor without clothing he as Obama wrongly believes the American People see a wardrobe in there somewhere
What choice dose he have, by the way, he is in a box what’s he going to say McCain ripped off my protective cape by calling me on my scam last week and I can no longer blunt your probing by dismissing your observation, question, or fact, as coming from just another oppressor a hater fearful of my Difference lol so now I have to make shit up cause, I have no experience or real record deeds consistent positions I can claim while in office other than winning the seat. ROOKIE and it shows.
I heard Rush Limbaugh talking about this Ralston interview about a half hour ago! It’s going to be added to my “Obama Temper Watch” file. McCain doesn’t have a thing on this plastic messiah’s temper-laden ego.
BO resembles GWB so much more than McCain. Except he doesn’t play the good ole boy, he plays the snippy, nose in the air elitist. Anyway, anything McCain and the Repubs do at this point to go after him is all foreplay, after the convention they’re really going to screw him.
Ouch, that’s a painful metaphor.
I find myself involuntarily crossing my legs. ;>
Wow, real questions asked by a reporter how refreshing for a change, the mask is slipping on the so called chosen one.
As much as I hate Bush, at least he came off as a sort of regular guy. Oblowme thinks he’s better than everyone and it shows.
LET’S ASK HILLARY AND MC CAIN WHY THEY DIDN’T VOTE FOR THE BUSH-CHENEY ENERGY BILL;ESPECIALLY MC CAIN A REPUBLICAN VOTING AGAINST HIS OWN PARTY.BY COMPROMISSION OR IGNORANCE,OBAMA COMPROMISED HIMSELF IN VOTING FOR A BILL THAT WAS WRITTEN IN SECRECY BY CHENEY AND BIG OIL COMPANIES.
IS OBAMA FOR THE PEOPLE OR AGAINST THE PEOPLE?HE CAN’T BE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.LET’S DRAW THE LINE
Obama’s indignation at being questioned aggressively and challenged on his assumptions would bode very badly indeed for him should he be elected president. I can’t imagine the White House press corps rolling over for him the way that people like Chris Matthews do.
As a Hillary supporter in conflict with my husband..
I have visited here constantly for a long time.
I am a shy person but must say a few things.
1. I agree with most of what is posted here.
2. John McCain’s offering his wife up as “Miss Buffalo Chip” in front of ten’s of thousands male “show me your tits” bikers at Sturgis..with the daughter present, I cannot really believe that any woman would even consider voting for this trash.
A close Hillary feminist friend sent me this..
“Both First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjDm05E9Qw
Sorry, as a 59 year old woman who fought for the ERA back in the 70’s, no level of my distrust for Obambi would ever have me vote for McCain.
I cannot believe that any real woman (maybe the men) would vote for McCain.
judy
look at it this way
there are men who don’t know that they’re behaving slimily
And then there are men who are deeply deeply misogynistic but who come off like they’re not BO’s the second one and it’ll be too late if he’s elected don’t be fooled
McCain’s a painful choice but if Hillary’s not the nominee then it’s McCain–sometimes you have to see past the obvious
Really Judy, well then so by god be it. Don’t vote for him, but don’t use some piss ass excuse like that. If you knew John and Cindy’s relationship, then you knew he was kidding. But hey, harbor on. And where oh where is the miss militant Michelle? Still getting her “subtle make-over”. Cindy McCain is a woman who is quite comfortable with herself and I admire that in her. If she is offended, which I doubt, then it is up to her to say something, now isn’t it? As a woman about your age, I’m getting pretty damn tired of people like you trying to pass your ideas on how a woman should or should not be treated. I was an ERA supporter and organizer and it certainly did not bother me. I considered the crowd and how I know the McCains to be. But piss away your vote of Obama.
Judy are you an Obamaniac trying to slither your way into our votes? Not working. You know nothing about McCain.
Obama’s arrogance is appalling. He’s rude and insulting. His responses are, I would say, snake like in their deceptiveness, if that wasn’t an insult to snakes (which are beautiful creatures). Listening to Barack makes me nauseous. It’s unfortunate that so many Americans lack the street smarts and/or intuition to see through his slimey double-speak.
Excuse me. I’m going to shower now.
I just realized..nobody comments under their real name.
Why?
I am not ashamed of who I am or what I believe.
Am I naive?
Or just courageous?
Stupid, in this day and age. And how do we know if you are really who you say you are?
I lived in LV for a long time…Ralston is the real deal, a working journalist who can pull a punch on a D or an R…
By the way I would love it if my husband thought I was Miss Buffalo Chips worthy…no shit.
I am happy to have fun, and be a feminist. It is all about how a woman see herself,and it is a one way trip.
Obana’s claim that he said at that time “we should strip out those tax breaks for oil companies” was disputed in this article:
http://thecurrentpodcast.com/bob/?p=268
I also checked the 109th (2005-2006) congress’s record. There were six times the words “tax” and “break” appear in records about ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 for Obama in 2005. Obama did not mention tax break for oil companies in any of them. Here is the link for searching congressional record:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r109query.html